Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore at Acme Records in Milwaukee on October 17, 2019

When a certain amount of time passes after a show has been recorded, I start to find it more and more difficult to post the recording. It's a bit analogous to how I feel when I've waited too long to reply to a letter or email. I start to feel that any excuses I would like to make about the delay are inadequate.

For this show, we had a bit of a worldwide pandemic occurring a few months afterward, which put my motivation to post into the dumpster. In any event, I thought that the 5-year anniversary of the show would be a nice excuse to share this amazing performance with you.

Meg and Mary have long been favorites at Acme, and the excitement was definitely there as soon as their album as released. It's filled with really lovely madrigal-like moments juxtaposed with the avant garden or even psychedelic. When their tour was announced the show quickly sold out.

Buy their album here.

Recording information:

MEG BAIRD


MARY LATTIMORE

2019-10-17

Milwaukee,WI at Acme Records

Meg Baird: guitar and vocals

Mary Lattimore: harp and electronics

Setlist:

01 Between Two Worlds (6:37)

02 In Cedars (6:02)

03 Banter (1:03)

04 Damaged Sunset (9:09)

05 Painter of Tygers (7:14)

06 Fair Annie [Traditional] (9:51)

07 Wrecking Ball [Neil Young] (6:47)

Total time = 46:43

Microphones: Beyerdynamic MC930 pair at stage lip

Additional source: mono soundboard

Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6

Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

Recorded with explicit artist permission by Richard Hayes

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Mary Lattimore at Acme Records and Music Emporium in Milwaukee on December 8, 2021

I was going to follow up my recent recording of Jeremiah Chiu at Acme Records back in October with Mary Lattimore's headlining show, but wanted to first share an earlier recording of her -- one from an incredible concert at Acme back in December 2021.

Harpist Mary Lattimore is a perennial favorite of the crowds at Acme Records for an excellent reason -- her compositions are exquisitely beautiful. One thing I enjoy about watching her perform live is seeing her process the sounds. She will use a combination of effects and a looping pedal, manipulating the box with her left hand as she plucks with her right. I would have liked to be able to get some short video clips of the performance, but the stage was extremely dark at this show.

Buy her most recent album here.

Recording information:

MARY LATTIMORE
2021-12-08 

Milwaukee, WI
Acme Records and Music Emporium

Mary Lattimore: harp, effects

Setlist:
01 For Scott Kelley, Returned to Earth (9:13)
02 On the Day You Saw a Dead Whale (7:53)
03 Don’t Look (6:06)
04 Wawa By the Ocean (10:31)
05 Silver Ladders (4:50)
06 Otis Walks Into the Woods (7:22)

Total time = 45:55

Source: 1) mono soundboard 2) Beyerdynamic MC930 stereo pair in NOS at stage lip
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre 6 at 24/48
Software: Audacity, Fission, xAct

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